Pindar, Olympian 4.25-27

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“Sometimes even young men grow grey hair before the right time of life”

 

 

φύονται δὲ καὶ νέοις

ἐν ἀνδράσιν πολιαί

θαμάκι παρὰ τὸν ἁλικίας ἐοικότα χρόνον

 

 

Herakles married Hebe to defeat the grey–but he also beat up on Old Age

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Original translations of famous words from Ancient Greece and Rome

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